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	<title>The Golden Door &#187; Immigration policy</title>
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		<title>The stranger who was once us</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/02/07/stranger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2020/02/07/stranger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following is an excerpt of my remarks as president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA), delivered at a Lunar New Year Banquet last night, telling part of my immigrant story: Many of you may know that citizenship and immigration law is my area of practice.  I myself am an immigrant to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminating &#8220;residing in the US&#8221; for military service members &#8211; what it really means</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2019/09/02/signifying-policy-update-children-u-s-military-service-members/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2019/09/02/signifying-policy-update-children-u-s-military-service-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 17:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizenship and naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquired citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthright citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship for children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivative citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naturalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transmitting citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US foreign service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US military]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This USCIS Policy Alert, among other things, modifies the USCIS agency's interpretation of the words, "residing in the United States" in a provision of immigration law, INA § 320, that controls how a child born abroad automatically acquires U.S. citizenship AFTER birth.
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		<title>Perspective from a State Department officer</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/02/02/perspective-state-department-officer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/02/02/perspective-state-department-officer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement / detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visas and consular issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Order]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme vetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog post, &#8220;Trump’s deliberate precipitation of an immigration crisis,&#8221; I made the case that the &#8220;extreme vetting&#8221; called for in President Trump&#8217;s Executive Order of January 27, 2017, banning immigrants from seven countries, was already in place.  I based this on my experience as an immigration attorney working with visa applicants. Now, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s deliberate precipitation of an immigration crisis</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/01/30/trumps-precipitation-immigration-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/01/30/trumps-precipitation-immigration-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visas and consular issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national origin discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, his actions have turned U.S. immigration into a nightmare for countless numbers of lawful immigrants and visa holders and arriving refugees, and even for naturalized U.S. citizens from certain countries targeted by President Trump.  This does not even take into account those currently being processed for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia is successfully competing for skilled immigrants</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2016/03/22/australia-successfully-competing-skilled-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2016/03/22/australia-successfully-competing-skilled-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-1B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highly skilled workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skilled workers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this Quartz article about how skilled immigrants are finding a friendlier welcome in countries like Australia and Canada, in part because of artificially low quotas for skilled workers (the H-1B category in particular) in the USA, and in part due to the hostility expressed to immigrants in general by our presidential candidates. http://qz.com/638881/while-americans-feud-australia-is-stealing-away-immigrants-with-sought-after-skills/ [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers for detained immigrants</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/09/lawyers-detained-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/09/lawyers-detained-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enforcement / detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil violation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal defendant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro bono counsel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized immigrant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new pilot program in New York City will provide pro bono counsel to detained immigrants, in an effort to reduce the costs of unnecessary detention of immigrants accused of immigration violations.]]></description>
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		<title>Same-sex marriage cases post-Windsor</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/01/same-sex-marriage-cases-post-windsor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/08/01/same-sex-marriage-cases-post-windsor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOMA & marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adjustment of status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense of Marriage Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-130]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legally valid marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[place of celebration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. v. Windsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States v. Windsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windsor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that DOMA's definition of marriage as being limited to a union between a man and a woman has been held unconstitutional, USCIS is now accepting applications from same-sex married couples. ]]></description>
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		<title>Review of &#8220;De Novo &#8211; mas alla de las fronteras (beyond borders)&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/03/29/review-de-novo-mas-alla-de-las-fronteras-beyond-borders/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/03/29/review-de-novo-mas-alla-de-las-fronteras-beyond-borders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asylum/refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement / detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[De Novo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houses on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undocumented immigrant youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw the play &#8220;De Novo &#8211; mas allas de las fronteras (beyond borders)&#8221; last night.  It was a beautiful, touching, realistic depiction of what some undocumented immigrant youth face when they are placed in deportation proceedings, produced by Houses on the Moon theater company. There are so many different meanings of &#8220;de novo&#8221; that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumblings of immigration reform&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/02/01/rumblings-immigration-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/02/01/rumblings-immigration-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comprehensive immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAMers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. permanent resident status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa overstays]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read through the &#8220;Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform,&#8221; put together by a group of eight U.S. Senators, and the White House&#8217;s four-point platform on immigration reform, both statements which are (deliberately, no doubt) fairly similar in substance. My first impression: Good things:  both statements agree that (1) there should be a route for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Reform &#8211; hopeful and wary</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/01/26/immigration-reform-hopeful-wary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/01/26/immigration-reform-hopeful-wary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comprehensive immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family reunification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family-based immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized immigrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unauthorized immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa bulletin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa quotas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In immigration circles there&#8217;s a feeling in the air that we may actually get comprehensive reform this year.  President Obama has clearly put his support behind it, and a small group of Democratic and Republican senators are working on hammering out a core set of principles that both sides can agree on prior to drafting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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